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CONVERTIBLE FURNITURE.

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EDGAR EMERIOK SELL, OF FAIRMOUNT, SOUTH CAROLINA.

CONVERTIBLE FURNITURE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 269,723, dated December26, 1882.

Applieationfiled Jilly 15, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EDGAR EMERIGK SELL, acitizen of the United States, and aresident of Fair-mount, Barnwellcounty, South Carolina, have invented certain Improvements inConvertible Furniture, of which the following is a specification.

The main object of my invention is to so combine a sofa or cot with atable, desk, or like article ot'furniture that said sofa or out can becompactly folded and stored away out ofsight, and can be readilydrawnout and fixed in position either as a sofa or cot without interferingwith the top of the desk or other piece of furniture with which it maybe combined. A further object of my invention is to combine a wash-standand mirror with the desk without occupying an undue amount of spacewithin the same.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1, Sheet 1, is a perspective viewof a desk constructed in accordance with my invention, the wash-standbeing drawn out and the sofa in position; Fig. 2, a perspective view,showing the wash-stand closed and the sofa extended to form a cot; Fig.3, Sheet 2, a front viewofthc desk; Fig. 4, a rear view of the sameclosed; Fig. 5, an end view with the wash-stand drawn out; Fig. 6,21.transverse section with the sofa and cotfolded within the desk; Fig. 7,a trans verse section with the parts as in Fig. 1; Fig. 8, a transversesection with the parts as in Fig. 2; and Figs. 9 and 10, Sheet 3, viewsillustrating the combination of the lounge or cot with an office-table.

A is the top of the desk; B, the front of the same, having the usualdrawers, D; E E, the back of the desk, and F F the opposite ends. Theupper strip, E, of the back of the desk forms part of the sofa or cot,and is disconnected from the lower portion, E.

To the strip E is hinged a strip, G, by means of the upholstered cushionG, the latter being secured to both strips, and being free to fold at ornear the center of its width.

At each end of a strip, E, is a bar, a, which projects beyond the strip,and to these projecting portions of the bars a are pivoted short barsI), both bars fitting between and being guided by pins 01 and e, whichproject from plates secured to the ends of the desk. The

joints between the bars a and b are such that said bars b can be foldedupward, but cannot be turned down out of line with the bars a.

To-each bar a. is hinged a strip, H, upholstered in the same manner asthe cushion G,

these strips forming arms for the sofa, as in.

Fig. 1, or extensions for the cot, as in Fig. 2.

Hinged to the upper or front edge ofthe strip E, near each end of thesame, is a bar,

f, these bars,when the strip E is turned up to secured to the ends ofthe desk, the pins 0 occupying slots m in the bars a.

To extend the structure, the strip E is first turned outward anddownward, as shown by the arrow in Fig. 6, and then pulled outward, asindicated by the arrow in Fig. 7.

If it is desired to form a sofa, the strip E is withdrawn only farenough to permit the turn ing up of the strip G, so that it can restagainst a rib, n, on the under side of the desktop A, the strips Hbearing against the ends of the desk and serving as-the arms of thesofa. If it is desired to form a cot, however, the strip E is withdrawnto its full extent, this position being determined by the contact of thepins (1 with pins 19 on the bars Z),the strip G being then foldedcompletely over, so as to permit the cushion G to lie flat, and the armsH H being turned down, as shown in Figs. 2 and 8.

To close the device the operations are reversed, the pins 9 striking thebars b as the bars a swing downward, thus turning said barsb to aposition at rightangles to the bars a.

The pins 9 and hinged sections 1) of the bars a may be dispensed with incases where the desk is wide, and the location of the strip E" at aconsiderable height is not objected to.

The cot attachment can be entirely detached from the desk by simplyelevating the structure, as shown by the arrow in Fig.8, until the pins19 are clear of the pins d, and

then withdrawing the structure at the angle which it has assumed whenthe pins are clear of engagement with each other.

Thestructure is extremely compact and does not contract the drawer-spaceof the desk to any material extent.

The wash-stand consists of two side strips, M M, the former constitutingpart of the end F of the desk, these strips being connected at top andbottom by segmental pieces N, the upper of which has a recess for thereception of the wash-bowl.

The wash-stand structure is pivoted at the angle to the top andbUllLOlll Oi the desk, so as to be free to swing out, as shown in Fig.l, or to be closed up, as shown in Fig. 2, the strip M havingatowel-rack, which, when the structure is closed, is out of the way.

The mirror is carried by a slide, P, which is adapted to guides on theunder side of the desk-top, and is made in two sections, jointedtogether, sothat when the slide has been drawn out to theproper extentthe outer section may be turned upward and backward, thus exposing themirror. A projection, s, on the outer portion of the slide serves topreserve said outer portion in line with the inner portion of the slidewhen turned down.

In Figs. 9 and 10 I have shown my invention as app'ied to anoflice-table, the sofa or cot structure in this casebeing combined withthe end of the table instead of the back, and the end strips being hungto the strip E by means of arms, so that they can be folded one over theother.

Although i have shown my invention as applied to a desk or table, thesame may be used in connection with bureaus, chests of drawers,wardrobes, or other like articles of furniture, a prominent feature ofthe invention in either case being that there is no disturbance of thetop of the article of furniture in extending or folding up the structureforming the sofa or cot.

I claim as my invention- 1. The combination of a desk or like article offurniture having apivoted and extensible back or end section, E, with astrip, G, hinged to said section E, as set forth, whereby it may formthe back of a sofa when the strip is partly extended or part of thebed-bottom when the strip is fully extended, as set forth.

2. The combination of a desk or like article of furniture having apivoted and extensible back or end section, E, with strips H hinged tothe ends of said section E, as set forth, whereby they form the arms ofthe sofa when the strip is partly extended and head and foot portions ofthe bed when the strip is fully extended, as specified.

3. The combination of the movable back or end section, E, havingprojecting end bars, with the internal guiding-pins, d e. as set forth.

4. The combination of the desk or like article of furniture,havinginternal guiding-pins, d c, with the movable back or end section,E, having projecting end bars, a, with pivoted portions 1), as setforth.

5. The combination of a desk or other article of furniture with a guidedslide comprising two jointed sections, the outer of which is furnishedwith a mirror, and has a projection, s, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

- ED. EMERIGK SELL. \Vitnesses:

JonN P. IQNOBELOCH, HARRY SMITH.

